mechanic wrote:Should you decide to get a RPi3 be sure to get any adaptors you may need and also the PixilOS on a microSD card.

I googled PixilOS and only found some kind of art (?) program. But the next time I booted my nice new Raspberry-Pi 3, I noticed I already have the PixelOS I had subsequently googled.

I am rather impressed with this gadget, maybe partly because I don´t know as much about such things as some in the AmigaWorld thread. I suspect you use a different alias there than here, unless I have my Signals crossed.

I haven´t tried applying this to my X1000 problem yet. I´ll experiment a little first. I looked at a FAQ and learned that I am not the only one who can´t set the time correctly (today at 14:38 it tells me it is November 25, 09:14--I wonder if this post will be so dated?), but the answer to the problem was to get a Supervisor to fix it. Huh? Also I find it very difficult to type ¨´¨--I have to press the quote key twice to get anything. Iĺl try a different keyboard (I see I can accent vowels, áéíúó though! And umlaut them: ä!).

I've been trying to do that. But whenever I log on, go to the thread in question and Preview a post I have just typed, whether from this Rpi3 or my Samsung Galaxy, the screen suddenly switched to another one that says,

How do I know whether it is running currently at 700 or at 800? Do I really want to overclock, and would I do that by dropping the "#" and changing to "arm_freq=1200"?Just a couple of the questions I would ask if I could find a good place to do it, like your thread at AW.

How do I know whether it is running currently at 700 or at 800? Do I really want to overclock, and would I do that by dropping the "#" and changing to "arm_freq=1200"?

Yes, that is how it's done. The only time I have had a heat problem running at 1200 is when using a webcam.Try 1000 first, it may be enough.

A few things you should do after that. Open a Terminal and do 'sudo apt-get update', then 'sudo apt-get upgrade'. That will keep you current.

You are going to need a COM program. Open the Add/Remove Software app, which is Synaptic, and type 'cutecom' into the search, when located check the little box to install then click 'apply', answer Y to the question that should appear.

Reboot, then again in a terminal 'sudo apt-get autoremove'. That will cleanup things that are no longer used and just taking up space.

Plug in the FTDI cable.

Even though the install of cutecom adds a menu item it does not work on mine at least. So to start it open a terminal, type cutecom, hit Enter.

The device you will be using is /dev/ttyUSB0, you will probably have to type that in. Then set 115200 for Baud rate, 8 bits, 1bit, no parity, no handshake, open for Read and write, and check Apply settings when opening. Click Open Device.

If all goes well the program should capture data when you turn on your x1k. (You could also try it on your SAM).

If it works you can save the input by adding something like /home/pi/Documents/cutelog.txt to the Log to: box. (Watch your caps when entering the directories)

gmail works for me using the browser, I have not tried the Claws mail program.

Amigaworld may be having some technical problems.

If that is all you're getting out of the X1k then there is a problem, but it seems at least the CPU is working.

If you feel confident enough, you could unplug the harddrives and remove all the cards then try it again. Then install the cards one-by-one, starting with the video, and redo the serial output for each card and device.

If with all the stuff removed or disconnected the serial output does not change I would suspect the power supply or the internal SDcard. Just guessing really.

No, no X1000. I haven't heard from Amigakit for a long time, so I just asked whether I must consider that compute to be junk.

Meanwhile, I have managed, with lots of help from the forum members here, to revive my old SAM460ex, which I am currently using the X1000 HDD on. If the X1000 is really hopeless, I am considering trying to mount an X5000 motherboard in that box.

kilaueabart wrote:No, no X1000. I haven't heard from Amigakit for a long time, so I just asked whether I must consider that compute to be junk.

Meanwhile, I have managed, with lots of help from the forum members here, to revive my old SAM460ex, which I am currently using the X1000 HDD on. If the X1000 is really hopeless, I am considering trying to mount an X5000 motherboard in that box.

sad to hear that Amigakit didn't try to help you with the X1000? Glad to hear you can keep the guts of the X1K and buildin another OS4.x machine